For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland — only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them. www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

I’m on episode 5 of Wayward, and the biggest inaccuracy so far is that not one of those teens has been called manipulative.

The next X years are going to be so tedious and dumb and painful.

Public speaking should be illegal

keep the wind at your back and the sun on your face

The 'dizziness of freedom' manifests as the existential tension between choice and responsibility.

On the street, it's got a dozen names. Some call 'em White Devils. Simple, classic. Some cats call 'em The Levelers, 'cause they take you from a 10 on the pain scale down to a zero. Smooths you right out. You call it Tylenol. I call it death.

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I do not recommend the 3 am earthquake! Interrupting my sleep! Making me sleepy! Shaking my entire home including me!

I got a coaster at an editorial conference that says “one exclamation point is enough, trust me” and I think of it often

One of the main goals of my non-fiction, criticism and cultural commentary is to contribute to eradicating the idea that storytelling is just entertainment. Entertainment is part of what storytelling does, and that's great. But, if we consider it's history, it's also something we clearly need.

There's nothing like a cigarette after a long flight without needing to go through security again. ...sometimes I miss smoking

Is it in bad taste to read a book called "Rehab" while drinking a vodka soda?

hell yeah get em ahab

going antiquing today

he’s announcing that his name was actually craig this whole time

It is 81 outside and I am M E L T I N G inside

I saw it on Friday night and it was incredible! I'm so glad I saw it on the big screen

Loving someone is fucking wild, y’all. Inexplicable. Miraculous. Completely at odds with the cruelty of the world.

I’m listening to New Found Glory for the first time by choice, and do you think when they formed the band, they said to themselves, “We need the most nasally, high-pitched voice we can find”?

This article just reminded me of this old tweet

I am, in fact, rewatching The Sopranos and I have a lot more appreciation for it than I did 15 years ago.

seems like everybody is rewatching the sopranos these days. well ive got news for ya. the man is a damn criminal.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

New Jersey has a message for us all

I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes. querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...

Real or not, the third and most mysterious b in blueberry is hilarious. Bluebberry. Blueb-berry. Bbleubberry. Bbbbbbbbbbry. 🫐

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Also, we have a live tracker of Trump's tariffs -- maps! and charts! -- for those trying to find order in the chaos today. We'll be updating as we learn more ahead of the Aug. 1 tariff deadline www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

i just learned that shoegaze is not pronounced like fugazi

"...we discussed possible titles for the collection. We went over a list, and then I said, "There's one that I didn't even put on the list, because it scares me." And without asking what it was, you said—"That's the title." And it is." —Denis Johnson to his editor at FSG, re "Jesus' Son"

I don't think most Americans realize how hard tariffs are about to hit them. The combination of 1) escalating tariffs, 2) companies slowly passing the cost to consumers, and 3) the repeal of the de minimis exemption in the Big Beautiful Bill, a lot stuff will be more expensive in 2027.

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I’m the granddaughter of the em dash you couldn’t cut. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

even found us a trailer to play

I have developed resting worried face

Some personal news… @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social are relaunching @therumpus.net!!! And I’m excited to be joining their team as poetry editor! 🤓 WEEEEE!!! You can submit your poetry for consideration here: therumpus.submittable.com/submit

🌞☀️ How are these two emojis from the same keyboard? They are so different stylistically. How did it happen?

President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.

Okay I need 2 say something. I’ve been online long enough to see a lot of discourse cycles about anti-intellectualism like the one sparked by this post. I want 2 highlight an aspect of these debates that I find to be frustratingly under-discussed: the rhetorical position of children’s literature. 1/

listen up liberal, *crashes plane*

"Patients arriving at the Greater Fulton location are greeted with a sign on the door stating, 'The site is closed until further notice.' The abrupt shutdowns have left many without services and employees without jobs." We're need even more reporting like this at the LOCAL level. Make it tangible.